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1 | Did he think he would be more productive talking to them? | CHAPTER III
THE WAR BEGUN
There could be no question, after this cry from Amos Nelson, but that he and his Tory friends had in some way come to learn of what we lads would do toward aiding the Cause.
It was natural that I, suspecting Seth Jepson, should set down to his door the crime of having betrayed us to our ... | true |
1 | does she defy him? | One of its earliest massive implementations was brought about by Egyptians against the British occupation in the 1919 Revolution. Civil disobedience is one of the many ways people have rebelled against what they deem to be unfair laws. It has been used in many nonviolent resistance movements in India (Gandhi's campaign... | true |
0 | is iso and film speed the same thing | Film speed is the measure of a photographic film's sensitivity to light, determined by sensitometry and measured on various numerical scales, the most recent being the ISO system. A closely related ISO system is used to describe the relationship between exposure and output image lightness in digital cameras. | false |
1 | are Beta and Collinsia both plant genus ? | Beta is a genus in the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae. The best known member is the common beet, "Beta vulgaris", but several other species are recognised. Almost all have common names containing the word "beet". Wild "Beta" species can be found throughout the Atlantic coast of Europe, the Mediterranean coastline... | true |
1 | is an up and down a travel in basketball | A player who comes to a stop on step one when both feet are on the floor or touch the floor simultaneously may pivot using either foot as his pivot. If he jumps with both feet he must release the ball before either foot touches the floor. | true |
0 | Were Tim O'Brien and Robert Benchley both known for their work in auto biographies? | William Timothy "Tim" O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist. He best known for his "The Things They Carried" (1990), a collection of linked short stories. These semi-autobiographical stories were inspired by O'Brien's experiences in the Vietnam War. In 2010 the "New York Times" described O'Brien's book... | false |
1 | Did Henry want to be a girl in high school? | (CNN) -- Henry Joseph Madden was a good student and track team member in high school, but he had a secret: He sometimes wore his mother's pantyhose and underwear under his clothes.
Dr. Jennifer Madden, a family physician, began her transition to being female at age 48.
"I really wanted to be a girl so bad, and that... | true |
0 | did the device need anyone to detonate it? | (CNN) -- The explosive found hidden in a package on a plane in the United Arab Emirates on Friday may have traveled on passenger planes to get there, airline officials said Sunday.
The explosive, along with a similar device found in the United Kingdom, appear to have been designed to detonate on their own, without so... | false |
1 | was the grandparents' house nice? | It all started when I was two years old. My parents didn't get along and got divorced . I hated that I couldn't see both of my parents at the same time. So my dad, my younger sister, Alexis, and I went to live with my grandma and grandpa. We lived with them for almost six years. My mom, on the other hand, lived with he... | true |
1 | Did he have confidence in his skills? | For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He didn't do much better in sports. Although he played for the school's golf team, he lost the only important match of the season. Sparky was a loser. He, his classmates...everyone knew it. Sparky never asked a classmate to go out i... | true |
1 | is royal caribbean and celebrity the same company | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is an American global cruise company incorporated in Liberia and based in Miami, Florida. It is the world's second-largest cruise line operator, after Carnival Corporation & plc. As of March 2009, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. fully owns three cruise lines: Royal Caribbean International, Cel... | true |
1 | did eli die in the book of eli | Meanwhile, back in the town, the Engineer opens the locked Bible where Carnegie discovers, to his dismay, that it is in Braille, and orders Claudia to read it to him. She pretends that she cannot remember how to read it, telling Carnegie his leg wound has become infected and his men have begun to run amok. At the sanct... | true |
1 | is the rundown and welcome to the jungle the same film | The Rundown (also known as Welcome to the Jungle) is a 2003 American action comedy film starring Dwayne Johnson as a bounty hunter who must head for Brazil to retrieve his employer's renegade son (Seann William Scott). It was directed by Peter Berg. The film received positive reviews but failed at the box office. | true |
0 | was there a union coin? | Unlike the Spanish milled dollar the U.S. dollar is based upon a decimal system of values. In addition to the dollar the coinage act officially established monetary units of mill or one-thousandth of a dollar (symbol ₥), cent or one-hundredth of a dollar (symbol ¢), dime or one-tenth of a dollar, and eagle or ten dolla... | false |
0 | Did he perform any robberies? | CHAPTER III.
AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
"Who ever saw such a downpour before?" growled one of the three men, as he switched the water from his soft felt hat. "I'm wet to the skin."
"I'm no better off," replied one of the others. "I think we were fools to leave Macklin's place, Gilroy."
"Just what I think, Fette... | false |
1 | are there two versions of leon the professional | There is also an extended version of the film, referred to as ``international version,'' ``version longue,'' or ``version intégrale''. Containing 25 minutes of additional footage, it is sometimes called the ``Director's Cut'' but Besson refers to the original version as the Director's Cut and the new version as ``The L... | true |
0 | did David talk while they played initially? | One day, many years ago, when I was working as a psychologist in England, David was brought into my office. His face was pale and he looked at his own feet. David lost his father when he was two years old and lived with his mother and grandfather ever since. But the year before he turned 13, his grandfather died and hi... | false |
1 | is there really a cheers bar in boston | Cheers Beacon Hill is a bar/restaurant located on Beacon Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, across from the Boston Public Garden. Founded in 1969 as the Bull & Finch Pub, the bar is best remembered internationally as the exterior of the bar seen in the hit NBC sitcom Cheers, which ran betw... | true |
1 | is there a darth vader gargoyle on the national cathedral | The Darth Vader grotesque is a limestone grotesque by Jay Hall Carpenter. It is located at the Washington National Cathedral, Northwest, Washington, D.C., United States. | true |
1 | Did people find her to be funny? | Long Beach, California (CNN) -- Taylor Wilson is going to create a safer source of nuclear energy, help reduce the world's stockpile of nuclear weapons, screen container ships for weapons and power manned missions to other planets. But first ... he has to graduate high school in May.
Jack Andraka is going to bring hi... | true |
1 | Did she have a job? | In order to save money for a trip to Thailand to visit her family and friends, Emma White, a keeper in California, worked overtime. She saved more than 900 dollars and was planning to buy a ticket, but she lost her purse with all her money and credit cards .
Emma looked through the garbage and all the buildings where... | true |
1 | does the sahara desert stretch across the northern half of africa | The desert comprises much of North Africa, excluding the fertile region on the Mediterranean Sea coast, the Atlas Mountains of the Maghreb, and the Nile Valley in Egypt and Sudan. It stretches from the Red Sea in the east and the Mediterranean in the north to the Atlantic Ocean in the west, where the landscape graduall... | true |
1 | are michael and dick friends? | Michael and Dick are good friends, but they like to play jokes on each other. One holiday, they decided to go to London together. They went to the station and bought their tickets. Michael got on the train first. He dropped his ticket on the platform when he got into the carriage. Dick, who was close behind, saw the ti... | true |
0 | Do both Nickelodeon Magazine and The Advocate have the same audience bases? | Nickelodeon Magazine is an American children's magazine based on the television network Nickelodeon. Its first incarnation appeared in 1990, and was distributed at participating Pizza Hut restaurants; this version of the magazine only saw two issues. The magazine returned in Summer 1993 with different type of content, ... | false |
0 | Are Sidney Sheldon and Chang-Rae Lee the same person? | Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer and producer. Chang-rae Lee (born July 29, 1965) is a Korean-American novelist and a professor of creative writing at Stanford University. He was previously Professor of Creative Writing at Princeton and director of Princeton's Program in Crea... | false |
1 | Had he knocked Dick down? | CHAPTER XII
FAIR AND FOUL FIGHTING
As Dick went down, Tom and Sam uttered cries of chagrin and horror. The eldest Rover had been struck on the chin, and the blood was flowing from a deep scratch.
"Get up! Get up, Dick!" cried Tom. "Don't say you are beaten!"
"Yes, yes; get up and go at him!" added Sam.
The ur... | true |
1 | Are Rapeman and Arcade Fire both rock bands? | Rapeman was an American rock band founded in 1987 and disbanded in 1989. It consisted of Steve Albini (formerly of Big Black) on guitar and vocals, David Wm. Sims (formerly of Scratch Acid) on bass and Rey Washam (formerly of Scratch Acid and Big Boys) on drums. Their sound was described as post-hardcore. Arcade Fire a... | true |
0 | Did he used to be mystical? | Chapter Twenty-Three
Ruggedo Reforms
It did not take them long to regain the royal cavern of the Nome King, where Kaliko ordered served to them the nicest refreshments the place afforded.
Ruggedo had come trailing along after the rest of the party and while no one paid any attention to the old King they did not o... | false |
1 | do they sell kraft macaroni and cheese in england | The product known as Kraft Dinner (KD) in Canada, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner or Kraft Mac and Cheese in the United States and Australia, and Macaroni Cheese or Cheesey Pasta in the United Kingdom, is a nonperishable, packaged dry macaroni and cheese product. It was first introduced under the Kraft Dinner name in bo... | true |
0 | Did he succeed? | Robert Burns, the son of a hard-working and intelligent farmer, was the oldest of seven children. Although always hard pressed financially, their father encouraged his sons with their education. As a result, Burns not only read the Scottish poetry of Ramsay and the collections by Hailes and Herd, but also the works of ... | false |
1 | did the first person ask someone something? | CHAPTER XI
A MIDNIGHT FEAST
While the three students were discussing the situation the door of the dormitory opened, and Sam Day and Shadow Hamilton entered.
"Hello, why weren't you down to supper?" asked Sam.
"We didn't get here in time," answered Roger. And then he related what had occurred on Bush Island.
... | true |
0 | Does Ernshaw believe people are powerless? | CHAPTER XXXVI
Selingman had scarcely left the place when Ernshaw arrived, piloted into the room by Aaron, who had been waiting for him below. Maraton and he gripped hands heartily. During the first few days of the campaign they had been constant companions.
"At least," he declared, as he looked into Maraton's face,... | false |
0 | Is she alive? | The world's oldest person, Ms. Baines, died. She celebrated her 115th birthday with congratulations from Barack Obama, President of the United States. Over her life she lived through the terms of 21 US presidents. Gertrude Baines passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Western Convalescent Hospital in Los Angeles, w... | false |
1 | And did he know Mr. Potts? | CHAPTER II
DAVE PORTER'S PAST
"What do you think of that, fellows?" asked Roger, as he concluded the reading of the letter.
"I am not surprised," answered Dave. "Now that Merwell finds he can't show himself where he is known, he must be very bitter in mind."
"I thought he might reform, but I guess I was mistake... | true |
1 | Was he going to be a guest at the hotel? | CHAPTER IX
DOCTOR PATSY
Next morning Uncle John and the Weldons--including the precious baby--went for a ride into the mountains, while Beth and Patsy took their embroidery into a sunny corner of the hotel lobby.
It was nearly ten o'clock when A. Jones discovered the two girls and came tottering toward them. Tott... | true |
1 | Were both If and Dungeon published magazines? | If was an American science-fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. Dungeon (originally published as Dungeon: Adventures for TSR Role-Playing Games) was one of the two official magazines targeting consumers of the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game and associated produ... | true |
1 | Did the lawyer agree? | The engineer who was involved in Sunday's New York train derailment apparently "was nodding off and caught himself too late" before the accident that killed four people and injured 67 others, a union representative who has been meeting with the man told CNN on Tuesday.
Anthony Bottalico, the union representative, sai... | true |
1 | are the 12 apostles the same as the 12 disciples | In Christian theology and ecclesiology, the apostles (Greek: ἀπόστολος, translit. apóstolos, lit. 'one who is sent away'), particularly the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Twelve Disciples or simply the Twelve), were the primary disciples of Jesus, the central figure in Christianity. During the life and ministry of ... | true |
0 | Did she mention him to her family? | CHAPTER XLIV.
BROOKE BURGESS TAKES LEAVE OF EXETER.
[Illustration]
The time had arrived at which Brooke Burgess was to leave Exeter. He had made his tour through the county, and returned to spend his two last nights at Miss Stanbury's house. When he came back Dorothy was still at Nuncombe, but she arrived in the ... | false |
0 | Was George talking to them? | CHAPTER VI.
The Bridge over the Rhine.
"George," said Kate, speaking before she quite got up to them, "will you tell me whether you have been preparing all your things for an open sale by auction?" Then she stole a look at Alice, and having learned from that glance that something had occurred which prevented Alice ... | false |
0 | Are they referring to Trump in the article? | For the second time since the U.S.-led effort to counter ISIS began, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, said he would not rule out asking the President to send U.S. ground troops into Iraq.
"I've never been limited in my ability to make a recommendation of any size or sort to the Presiden... | false |
0 | Was he alert before he died? | Paris (CNN) -- Yasser Arafat's widow on Tuesday questioned the findings of French scientists that the Palestinian leader did not die from radioactive polonium poisoning but rather from natural causes.
The conclusion, leaked to multiple French media agencies and Reuters, contradicts the findings of Swiss forensic scie... | false |
1 | Was he living there? | (CNN) -- Fang Lizhi, a famed Chinese democracy activist, has died in the United States, where he fled in exile more than 20 years ago, fellow activists said.
He was 76.
Fang died Friday in Tucson, Arizona, according to Wang Dan, a prominent student leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests.
"My most, m... | true |
0 | Did it take long? | It was Saturday and it was nice outside. I did not have school and my mom did not have work. When I woke up we ate breakfast and got ready for the day. My mom started to clean up the house so I went up to my room to play with my toys. My mom came upstairs and told me, "If you clean up your room there is a great surpris... | false |
1 | does bonnie come back to life in season 5 | Now that everything is done, Katherine finds Qetsiyah to ask for her cure only to find that Qetsiyah changed her mind and all she wants now is to die and meet her true love on the Other Side. She kills herself without finding a cure for Katherine. Katherine is once again alone since now that Bonnie is back, Caroline as... | true |
1 | is there an end scene in infonity war | Additionally, several other actors reprise their MCU roles: Danai Gurira as Okoye, the head of the Dora Milaje; Letitia Wright as T'Challa's sister Shuri; William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross, the U.S. Secretary of State; Kerry Condon as the voice of Stark's A.I. F.R.I.D.A.Y.; Winston Duke as M'Baku, the leader of Wakanda's m... | true |
1 | had they already tried to obtain that information? | CHAPTER XXIII
THE ADVANTAGE OF A DAY
That evening Le Drieux appeared in the lobby of the hotel and sat himself comfortably down, as if his sole desire in life was to read the evening paper and smoke his after-dinner cigar. He cast a self-satisfied and rather supercilious glance in the direction of the Merrick party... | true |
0 | they were in the dark? | CHAPTER XVI—AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL
As the night advanced the two girls continued to talk, in low and subdued voices because of their anxiety and growing fears. They kept the candles trimmed, for the light lent them courage. They were not hungry, although they had eaten nothing since noon, but they were beginning to su... | false |
1 | Are Josh Franceschi and Park Subin both singers? | Josh Franceschi is an English singer and songwriter. He is the frontman and lead vocalist in the band You Me at Six. Park Su-bin (born February 12, 1994), better known by the mononym Subin, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and television host. She is best known as a member of South Korean girl group Dal Shabet. | true |
1 | Do they have anything in common? | Frank, the dog, is very friendly. He loves meeting new people and going out with his friends. He has a lot of friends! One of his very good friends is a blue robot named Bob. Bob is a nice robot. A long time ago, Bob saved the world. But now, he lives a quiet life. Another great friend of Frank's is Hops,the rabbit. Ho... | true |
1 | Is it the second-largest economic region in the Midwest? | Detroit (/dᵻˈtrɔɪt/) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the fourth-largest city in the Midwest and the largest city on the United States–Canada border. It is the seat of Wayne County, the most populous county in the state. Detroit's metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 5.3 million... | true |
1 | Was she on welfare? | (CNN) -- I got chills -- not once but several times -- during Tuesday's Google Hangout with five women named to The CNN 10: Visionary Women list.
The panel of women from truly diverse backgrounds provided fertile ground for discussion around the theme: What's the future of women at work?
Veronika Scott, who has dev... | true |
1 | Did Sega and Timex Sinclair both develop electronics? | Sega Games Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社セガゲームス , Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Sega gēmusu ) , originally short for Service Games and officially styled as SEGA, is a Japanese multinational video game developer and publisher headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with offices around the world. Sega developed and manufactured numerous h... | true |
1 | Is it still used today? | Did you ever wonder who invented products like Liquid Paper, Kevlar or paper bags? Most would think a man invented these items. Guess what? Women invented each of these. What? You don't believe me? Well, read this:
Liquid Paper was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1951 and originally called Mistake Out. Being a ty... | true |
0 | Were Summer Wars and The Velveteen Rabbit both books? | Summer Wars (Japanese: サマーウォーズ , Hepburn: Samā Wōzu ) is a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, animated by Madhouse and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film's voice cast includes Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji and Ayumu Saitō. The film tells... | false |
0 | the speed limit on some interstate highways is roughly 135 km/h | Speed limits in the United States vary depending on jurisdiction, with 75 to 80 mph (120 to 130 km/h) common in the Western United States and 65 to 75 mph (100 to 120 km/h) common in the Eastern United States. States may also set special speed limits for trucks and night travel along with minimum speed limits. The high... | false |
0 | Do the characters know if Don Ramon is on board the ship? | CHAPTER I
WYNDHAM PAYS DUTY
Red reflections trembled on the sea, a fringe of languid surf broke along the beach, and as the liner turned a point, a white town that rose in terraces, glimmered like a pearl. A yellow flag ran up to the masthead, the throb of engines slowed, and a noisy launch steamed out from behind ... | false |
0 | is there a fourth book of magnus chase | Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard is a trilogy of fantasy novels written by American author Rick Riordan and published by Disney-Hyperion. It is based on Norse mythology and is set in the same universe as the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, and The Kane Chronicles series. The first book, The Sword of Summer, was released... | false |
1 | will there be a season 6 of married to medicine | On April 11, 2018, Bravo renewed the show for a sixth season. With this renewal, another spin-off titled Married to Medicine: Los Angeles would be premiering at a later date. | true |
0 | Did she think that Roger de Conde would bother her? | CHAPTER IX
The visit of Bertrade de Montfort with her friend Mary de Stutevill was drawing to a close. Three weeks had passed since Roger de Conde had ridden out from the portals of Stutevill and many times the handsome young knight's name had been on the lips of his fair hostess and her fairer friend.
Today the tw... | false |
0 | Have both Patterson Companies Inc & Marathon Petroleum Corporation been listed in Forbes magazine? | Patterson Companies Inc is a medical supplies conglomerate primarily in the business of veterinary and dental products (ranging from xray equipment to consumable products, dental consumables make up the biggest part of the dental industry). Since 2003 it also distributes general medical rehabilitative devices like brac... | false |
0 | Did Melaku have all the things he needed to make an explosive device? | Alexandria, Virginia (CNN) -- A former Marine Corps reservist pleaded guilty Thursday to shooting at the Pentagon and other military-related buildings and to trying to desecrate graves at Arlington National Cemetery containing the remains of veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Yonathan Melaku entered a guilt... | false |
0 | Was the death easy for him? | (CNN)Richard Glatzer, who directed a powerful film about a professor battling Alzheimer's as he faced his own harrowing health struggles, has died.
Glatzer died in Los Angeles on Tuesday after having ALS for four years, his publicist said. He was 63.
Glatzer co-directed "Still Alice" with his husband, Wash Westmore... | false |
1 | will wii motion plus controller work regular wii | The device incorporates a dual-axis tuning fork gyroscope, and a single-axis gyroscope which can determine rotational motion. The information captured by the angular rate sensor can then be used to distinguish true linear motion from the accelerometer readings. This allows for the capture of more complex movements than... | true |
1 | Are there any significant bodies of water nearby? | Palermo (Italian: [paˈlɛrmo] ( listen), Sicilian: Palermu, Latin: Panormus, from Greek: Πάνορμος, Panormos, Arabic: بَلَرْم, Balarm; Phoenician: זִיז, Ziz) is a city in Insular Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architectu... | true |
0 | Was he a chemical engineer? | Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.
Tesla gained experience in te... | false |
1 | are honda cars and motorcycles the same company | Honda Motor Company, Ltd. (Japanese: 本田技研工業株式会社, Hepburn: Honda Giken Kōgyō KK, IPA: (honda) ( listen); /ˈhɒndə/) is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment. | true |
1 | Did any survivors also testify? | Boston (CNN)She knew something awful had happened. It was smoky and all she could hear were muffled screams. Her foot was turned sideways and her legs wouldn't work right. And her good friend, Krystle Campbell, was just lying there on the ground.
Karen Rand -- she's Karen McWatters now -- dragged herself across the p... | true |
0 | Was she happy? | It was Saturday and it was nice outside. I did not have school and my mom did not have work. When I woke up we ate breakfast and got ready for the day. My mom started to clean up the house so I went up to my room to play with my toys. My mom came upstairs and told me, "If you clean up your room there is a great surpris... | false |
1 | is there an air force base in ohio | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) (IATA: FFO, ICAO: KFFO, FAA LID: FFO) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties. It includes both Wright and Patterson Fields, which were originally Wilbur Wright Field and Fairfield Aviation General... | true |
1 | was matt assaulted as well | (CNN) -- Matt Sandusky, his wife and four children have filed a motion to have their names legally changed, court documents in Centre County, Pennsylvania, show.
Details regarding why they requested the name changes are not available because the file is sealed.
Sandusky is one of six adopted children of Jerry Sandu... | true |
1 | Do Hall Bartlett and Norman Taurog have the same occupation? | Hall Bartlett (November 27, 1922 – September 7, 1993) was an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. Norman Rae Taurog (February 23, 1899 – April 7, 1981) was an American film director and screenwriter. From 1920 to 1968, Taurog directed 180 films. At the age of 32, he received the Academy Award for Best Di... | true |
1 | Was he ever in battle? | The cruelty and inhumanity of the war is just as cruel an inhumane through the eyes of a horse. Or at least in the eyes of Joey, the star of War Horse (<< >> ). The film has come out in cinemas on February 28, 2012 on the Chinese mainland.
The story starts on a farm in Devon, southwest England. The Narracott family--... | true |
1 | Are Hyacinthoides and Brahea both plant genera ? | Hyacinthoides is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, known as bluebells. Brahea is a genus of palms in the Arecaceae family. They are commonly referred to as Hesper Palms and are endemic to Mexico and Central America. All Hesper Palms have large, fan-shaped leaves. | true |
1 | Is Ursula ready to stop? | CHAPTER XXIII
CHECK TO THE QUEEN
How long they stood thus, heart to heart, they themselves could never have said. The sound of many voices in the near distance roused them from their dream. Ursula started in alarm.
"Holy Virgin!" she exclaimed under her breath, "if it should be the Queen!"
But Wessex held her t... | true |
0 | is pound cake the same as madeira cake | The cake has a firm yet light texture. It is eaten with tea or (occasionally) for breakfast and is traditionally flavoured with lemon. Dating back to an original recipe in the 18th or 19th century, Madeira cake is similar to a pound cake or yellow cake. One of the earliest published recipes was by Eliza Acton in her Mo... | false |
0 | Did he stay in bed? | The last few days before Christmas passed quickly and it was soon Christmas Eve. That night when everyone went to bed, Bunny couldn't sleep. He still couldn't think of what he wanted his special Christmas gift to be. He wondered how Santa Claus would know what to bring him if he didn't know himself. As he was sitting u... | false |
1 | Was their sentence more lenient? | Washington (CNN) -- A former CIA base chief wanted by Italy and detained in Panama has been released, a State Department spokeswoman said Friday.
Robert Seldon Lady, who had been convicted by an Italian court for his role in a 2003 rendition case, was flying back to the United States.
"It's my understanding that he... | true |
1 | Were Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Jules Massenet in the same industry? | Giovanni Battista Draghi (] ; 4 January 1710 – 16 March 1736), best known as Pergolesi (] ) or Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, was an Italian composer, violinist and organist. Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (] ; 12 May 184213 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrot... | true |
0 | Does Wyndham look fat? | CHAPTER II
MABEL'S PEARLS
Four months after Marston reached England, Wyndham came home. He had got thin and, when he was quiet, looked worn, but he had returned in triumph and soon persuaded Marston that his efforts had earned a rich reward. Things had gone better than his letters indicated.
On the evening of his... | false |
0 | Are Rocky Shades and Les Taylor from the same country? | Robert K. Barklay (born January 22, 1960), professionally known as Rocky Shades, is an English singer. Leslie Christopher "Les" Taylor (born December 27, 1948 in Oneida, Kentucky) is an American country music artist. Taylor has released two studio albums on Epic Records. His highest charting single, "I Gotta Mind to Go... | false |
1 | can you use white spirit as a paint thinner | White spirit (UK) or mineral spirits (US, Canada), also known as mineral turpentine (AU/NZ), turpentine substitute, petroleum spirits, solvent naphtha (petroleum), Varsol, Stoddard solvent, or, generically, ``paint thinner'', is a petroleum-derived clear liquid used as a common organic solvent in painting. | true |
0 | is there a new series of sherlock holmes | In January 2014, Moffat stated that a fifth series had been plotted by himself and Gatiss; however, by the release of the fourth series in January 2017, they had not yet decided whether to produce it. Cumberbatch and Moffat in particular have expressed interest in continuing at some point in the future, but there are n... | false |
0 | is dark web and deep web the same | The dark web is the World Wide Web content that exists on darknets, overlay networks that use the Internet but require specific software, configurations or authorization to access. The dark web forms a small part of the deep web, the part of the Web not indexed by web search engines, although sometimes the term deep we... | false |
1 | Can sign languages fall under this field in linguistics? | Phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in languages. It has traditionally focused largely on the study of the systems of phonemes in particular languages (and therefore used to be also called phonemics, or phonematics), but it may also cover any linguistic analysis eit... | true |
0 | Are both Barbara Erskine and Noah Gordon English? | Barbara Erskine (born 10 August 1944 in Nottingham) is an English novelist. Her father was World War II Battle of Britain flying ace Squadron Leader Nigel Rose. Noah Gordon (born November 11, 1926) is an American novelist. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. | false |
0 | did boffin find it easy to believe what he read? | Chapter 6
THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY
It had come to pass that Mr Silas Wegg now rarely attended the minion of fortune and the worm of the hour, at his (the worm's and minion's) own house, but lay under general instructions to await him within a certain margin of hours at the Bower. Mr Wegg took thi... | false |
1 | in general the ocean floor is younger than the rocks on the continents | Seafloor spreading is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge. Seafloor spreading helps explain continental drift in the theory of plate tectonics. When oceanic plates diverge, tensional stress causes fractures t... | true |
0 | Do van der Merwe and Moore argue the same point? | A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. It is to be distinguished from "musical form" and "musical style", although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Recently, academics have argued that categorizin... | false |
1 | Can he read and write? | John is six years old. He can read and write well. But he can't tell the time. His mother, Mrs Brown teaches him many times, but he still can't tell. He would say "breakfast time" "lunchtime" and "teatime" instead of saying eight o'clock, twelve o'clock and four o'clock in the afternoon. His mother doesn't know how to ... | true |
0 | Are Anita Shreve And Diana Athill from the same country? | Anita Shreve (born 1946) is an American writer. The daughter of an airline pilot and a homemaker, she graduated from Dedham High School in Massachusetts, attended Tufts University and began writing while working as a high school teacher in Reading, Massachusetts. One of her first published stories, "Past the Island, Dr... | false |
1 | is it possible for bacteria to undergo genetic transformation naturally | In molecular biology, transformation is the genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the direct uptake and incorporation of exogenous genetic material from its surroundings through the cell membrane(s). For transformation to take place, the recipient bacteria must be in a state of competence, which might occur in na... | true |
1 | did anyone lose a skate? | CHAPTER XXVI
THE SKATING RACE
For nearly half a mile Peter Slade kept the lead with ease, but then his breath began to fail him. Looking over his shoulder, he saw both Larry and Dick crawling up.
"No, you don't!" he muttered, and put on a fresh burst of speed that increased his lead by two yards.
"Peter Slade i... | true |
0 | Are Annie Dillard and Josephine Tey both American authors? | Annie Dillard (born April 30, 1945) is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 work "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General N... | false |
1 | Were the professors there famous? | CHAPTER XI
A BUSY EVENING
The conversazione was, in its way, a brilliant gathering. There were present scientists, men of letters, artists, with a very fair sprinkling of society people, always anxious to absorb any new sensation. One saw there amongst the white-haired men, passing backwards and forwards, or talkin... | true |
1 | is there such a thing as a double concussion | Second-impact syndrome (SIS) occurs when the brain swells rapidly, and catastrophically, after a person suffers a second concussion before symptoms from an earlier one have subsided. This second blow may occur minutes, days or weeks after an initial concussion, and even the mildest grade of concussion can lead to SIS. ... | true |
0 | are g major and e minor the same | For example, G major and E minor both have a single sharp in their key signature at F♯; therefore, E minor is the relative minor of G major, and conversely G major is the relative major of E minor. The tonic of the relative minor is the sixth scale degree of the major scale, while the tonic of the relative major is the... | false |
0 | Was everyone on board with his plan? | When no one wanted to build the world's tallest and fastest water slide, Jeff Henry built it himself.
So when Verrückt was completed, and it was time to test the 168-foot coaster in his Kansas City, Kansas, water park, the choice of test riders was rather easy.
The guinea pigs: Henry, owner of Schlitterbahn Waterpa... | false |
0 | Is that the newest one? | A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. Whether a national university is considered public varies from one country (or region) to another, largely depending on the specific education landscape.
I... | false |
1 | Has she been interviewed by anyone? | (CNN) -- Julia Roberts, star of the new movie "Eat, Pray, Love," which tells the story of a soul-searching character, is now a practicing Hindu.
Roberts, in an interview with Elle magazine, says she worships with her husband, cameraman Danny Moder, and their three children, People.com says.
The family, she told Ell... | true |
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